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The Australian off grid market Steve Rodgers – Program Manager, Off Grid Projects, ARENA
Isolated Power Systems Connect 2016, Flinders Island 1 December 2016
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What’s ARENA doing in this rapidly evolving
sector?
o Funding projects o Collecting and disseminating data o Identifying and tackling common problems
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Large Scale Solar becoming bankable
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Operating Off Grid projects
Rio Tinto - Weipa
○ Reliability story - 99.73% availability
○ Low penetration PV = low risk
○ Operating 14 months
○ 600,000 Litres of diesel saved per year
Voyages
○ Long term power supply
○ Commercial load
○ Operating 8 months
Degrussa
○ 10 MW PV and 6MW of storage into
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ARENA’s suite of Off Grid projects
Projects for mining operations
DeGrussa: http://arena.gov.au/project/degrussa-solar-project/
Weipa: http://arena.gov.au/project/weipa-solar-farm/
Redeployable solar - main focus for this project is to address high CAPEX of fixed solar and short mine life through a redeployable
solar solution on a leasing arrangements, but also promising option for other opportunities where there is a need for short-term
power supply.
http://arena.gov.au/project/redeployable-hybrid-power/
Plus their knowledge sharing report:
http://arena.gov.au/files/2016/04/Laing-ORourke-MS-2-ii-Case-Study.pdf
Community off-grid energy projects
Coober Pedy: http://arena.gov.au/project/coober-pedy-renewable-diesel-hybrid/
Lord Howe Island: http://arena.gov.au/project/lord-howe-island-hybrid-renewable-energy-system/
Rottnest Island: http://arena.gov.au/project/rottnest-island-water-and-renewable-energy-nexus-wren-project/
Flinders Island: http://arena.gov.au/project/flinders-island-hybrid-energy-hub/
Kind Island: http://arena.gov.au/project/king-island-renewable-energy-integration-project/
SETuP: http://arena.gov.au/project/northern-territory-solar-energy-transformation-program/
Yulara: http://arena.gov.au/project/yulara-solar-project/
Doomadgee: http://arena.gov.au/project/doomadgee-solar-project/
Karratha airport: http://arena.gov.au/project/karratha-airport-solar-plant/
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ARENA’s suite of Off Grid projects (cont.)
Cloud forecasting
Fulcrum 3D cloud forecasting: http://arena.gov.au/project/predicting-cloud-movements-to-maximise-solar-pv-use/
Plus their knowledge sharing report: http://arena.gov.au/files/2016/11/Fulcrum3D-CloudCAM-ARENA-Public-report.pdf
Studies
CSIRO plug and play: http://arena.gov.au/project/plug-and-play-solar-power/
AgGrow: http://arena.gov.au/project/investigating-a-bioenergy-alternative-for-mines/
AECOM strategy report for ARENA (a bit dated now): http://arena.gov.au/files/2014/12/ARENA_RAR-report-20141201.pdf
Recent blog
From Coober Pedy to Jakarta: How Australia’s off-grid revolution can help Indonesia’s
shift to renewables
http://arena.gov.au/news-media/blog/coober-pedy-to-jakarta/
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Different business cases for different needs
SETuP
o Business transformation o 30 sites o 10MW solar PV integrated
with existing diesel o Diesel fuel displacement
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Part of a greater plan for sustainability
Rottnest Island
o One element of a 20 year vision for Rottnest Island’s sustainability
o Scaleable platform o Increase RE generation to
45% o Displace diesel o Demand side
management for water desalination
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Off Grid RE solutions make sense
DeGrussa
o Copper-gold mine o High penetration solar +
storage + integration o 5,000,000 Litres of diesel
saved per year o Commissioned in June
2016 o 3rd party diesel operator o 3rd party debt financed
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You have everything to gain from each other
○ Ask for what you need
○ Share what you’ve learnt
○ You’re helping to grow this market
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ARENA is here to help connect you to the
info you need
How we can help
○ Providing operations performance data
○ Building an evidence base
○ Running small workshops
○ Developing products for end users
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Thank you
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@ARENA_aus on Twitter
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